Privacy Policy


1. Data protection at a glance
General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find his contact details in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your information?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This can be, for example, data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). The collection of this data takes place automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time, free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this and other questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Analytics and third-party tools
When you visit our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the possibilities of objection in this privacy policy.


2. General information and mandatory information
Privacy
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) may have security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect the data from access by third parties.

Note on the responsible body
The person responsible for data processing on this website is:
Beam Marine GmbH
Bochumer Strasse 92, 46282 Dorsten, Germany
Contact:
Phone: +49 176 20739350
Email: info@beammarine.com

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke any consent you have already given at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal message by email. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of data protection law, the person concerned has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found here: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Encrypted payment transactions on this website
If, after concluding a fee-based contract, there is an obligation to provide us with your payment data (e.g., account number in the case of direct debit authorization), this data will be required for payment processing.
Payment transactions via the usual means of payment (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are carried out exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
With encrypted communication, your payment data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this and other questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

Objection to advertising emails
The use of contact details published within the scope of the imprint obligation for the sending of unsolicited advertising and information material is hereby contradicted. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example, by spam emails.


3. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Some of the websites use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and stored by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies." They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close the browser. If cookies are disabled, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Hostname of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address
    This data will not be merged with other data sources.

Contact
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to its storage, or the purpose for which it is stored no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Registration on this website
You can register on our website to use additional features on the site. We use the data entered for this purpose only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will refuse registration.
The data collected during registration will be stored by us for as long as you are registered on our website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Comments on this website
For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created, your email address, and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you have chosen will be stored.

Storage of the IP address
Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who write comments. Since we do not check comments on our site before they are activated, we need this data to be able to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.

Subscribing to comments
As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after logging in. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided. You can unsubscribe from this function at any time via a link in the info emails.

Storage period of comments
The comments and the associated data (e.g., IP address) will be stored and remain on our website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments have to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g., insulting comments).


4. Social media
Facebook plugins (Like & Share button)
Plugins from the social network Facebook are integrated into our pages. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like" button. When you visit our pages, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook thus receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address.
For more information, see Facebook’s privacy policy: https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

Twitter Plugin
Functions of the Twitter service are integrated into our pages. By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. For more information, see Twitter’s privacy policy: https://twitter.com/privacy.

Google+ Plugin
Our pages use Google+ functions. The Google+ button allows you to publish information worldwide. Google stores both the information that you have +1 for content and information about the page you viewed when you clicked on +1. For more information, see Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.


5. Analytics tools and advertising
WordPress Stats
This website uses the WordPress tool Stats to statistically evaluate visitor access. The information generated by the cookies about the use of our website is stored on servers in the USA. Your IP address will be anonymized after processing and before storage.
You can object to the collection and use of your data by setting an opt-out cookie: https://www.quantcast.com/opt-out/.

Google reCAPTCHA
We use "Google reCAPTCHA" to verify whether data is entered by a human or an automated program. For analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, time spent on the website). For details, see Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.


6. Newsletter
Newsletter data
If you subscribe to the newsletter, we need your email address and confirmation that you agree to receive the newsletter. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information. You can unsubscribe at any time via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter.


7. Plugins and Tools
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube. When you visit a page with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. For details, see YouTube’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Vimeo
Plugins from the video portal Vimeo are integrated into our pages. Vimeo collects your IP address even if you are not logged in. For details, see Vimeo’s privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Google Web Fonts
This site uses Google Web Fonts for uniform font display. When you open a page, your browser loads the required fonts. For details, see Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Google Maps
This site uses Google Maps via an API. Your IP address is transmitted to Google. For details, see Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.